Hair ornament.



M. J. FARRELL.

HAIR ORNAMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 1915,

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

MM PM? iffocney THE COLUMBIA vLArjoaRnim co., WASHINGTON. D. c.

' Leominster, in the county of Worcester and U ED STATES ra'irsnr canton MICHAEL J; FARRELL, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 'ASSIGNOB'TO BLANCHARD ENGLAND COMPANY, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A COPARTNERSHIP CON- SISTING 0F CHAIR-LES BLANGHARD, JOHN F. HYLAND, AND MICHAEL J. FARRELL.

HAIR ORNAIVLEND.

Be it known that I, M cHAnL .FARRELL, ,acitizen of the United States, residing at Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hair Ornaments, of which the following is a specification accompanied by drawings, forming a part of the same.

The present invention relates to hair ornaments, or barrettes, and has particular reference to :an improved construction for articles of this class, which lends itself to cheapness and ease of manufacture, J and eliminates waste of material. The manufacture of barrettes in appropriate ornamental designs, from sheet material, such as celluloid or the like, has ordinarily involved the removal, either by means of a jig saw or by a suitable stamping or pressing process, of sections of the material, from the edges and from the inner portions of the sheet, in order to obtain the outline desired, and also to obtain the usual skeleton configuration for the finished article. The labor and time necessary for the production of the articles by these methods is considerable, and the waste of material, incident to the attainment of lightness and skeleton design constitutes a factor to be seriously reckoned with. The present invention contemplates the use ofv material in rope or strip form, adapted to be bent or otherwise molded into the ornamental shapes desired, and securely retained in such shapes 1n the manner herelnafter set forth.

Referring to the accompanylng drawings,

, Figure l is a side view of a hair ornament constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom, or under side plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view of another style of ornament embodying my invention.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the difierent figures. I

In carrying my invention into pract1ce,I

attain the desired ornamental shapes and skeleton configuration for the body of the barrette by the use of strip material, of any appropriate cross-sectional shape, as for instance the round shape shown in Figs. 1

and 2 or the rectangular shape shown in Fig. 3. Said body 1 carries on its rear or bottom side, at one end, a hinged tongue member 2, and at the'other end a hook 3 to 1 receive the end of said tongue member'Q, when the latter has been inserted through the. hair of the wearer.

In the form of invention shown in Figs;

1 and Qthe body 1 is formed from a single strip 4 of material, bent in the form of a figure 8 with the ends'5 of said strip brought into abuttlng relation to the central por-' tion of the strip on opposite sides'of the same. In order to 1mpart rigidity to the structure thus produced, and to prevent displacement of the ends 5 from th'e'pos'i- Specification of Letters EatentjPat e tedAp rg Application filed Februaryjfl, ieiafseri lno. 7,007.

tions which they are caused to assume by the ornamental character ofthe same, and

in addition to its function asa means for retainlng the free ends of the strip 4 in proper position, it serves as a shield to cover the square cut ends 5, which, it will be seen, donot need to be made concave, to

conform to the contour of the sides of the i strip 4 with which they abut, by reason of the use of this member 6, which concealsv the unsightliness of the rough unfinished joints. Furthermore, by reason of the provision of said member 6 in the form of a plate or disk, having a relatively extended surface in comparison to the surfaces with which it makes actual contact,'the entanglement or catching of the hair in the spaces I between the ends 5 and the central portion of the strip 4 'islargely guarded against, and the access of such hair to the joints between the member 6 and the three underlying portions ofthe body 1 is'made practically impossible.

The form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 3 involves a body portion 1 of a different shape, the same being constituted by a single strip 7 substantially inclosing a single continuous space, which is contract sition, namely, the meeting ends 8 andthe oppositely disposed central portion of the strip, serving precisely the same functions as the member 6 in the first described form of invention.

While Ivhave shown and described'two forms of my invention, it is to be understood that I contemplate'the use of strip material for other shapes and forms than those above described, yet falling within the scope of said invention, which, broadly considered, resides in the use of an overhanging connecting member, vsuch as the said intermediate strip portion.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a hair ornament having its body portion formed of strip material, the free ends of said material being disposed adjacent one Copies of this patent may beobtaincd for five cents eaeh, by addressing the Commissioner or Iatentx another with a connecting member, having a relatively extended surface, secured'to sald adjacentlyidisposed free ends of said 'material and overhanging the said ends on each side thereof. I

3. As a new mentor manufacture, a hair With a connectingmember having a relatively extendedsurface, secured tosaid'adjacently disposed portions of said strip on i one side of said strip.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a hair;

ornament having its body portion formed of a single strip of material, With the free ends of said'member lying in juxtaposition on opposite sides of an intermediate section in the length of said strlp and Witha member secured to said intermediate section and overlying said free ends. 7

Dated this sixth day of F ebruary,.l915.

MICHAEL J. FARRELL.

Witnesses:

HARRY C. BAscoM, LILLIVAN BARRON.

Washington, D. 0. 

